Paul Scherz
Professor
Primary Field of Study: Moral Theology/Christian Ethics
Education
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame
Research and Training Interests
Bioethics, Technology Ethics, AI
Selected Publications
The Ethics of Precision Medicine: The Problems of Prevention in Healthcare. University of Notre Dame Press, 2024.
AI Research Group for the Centre for Digital Culture of the Dicastery for Culture and Education of the Holy See. Encountering Artificial Intelligence: Ethical and Anthropological Explorations, ed. M. Gaudet, N. Herzfeld, P. Scherz, J. Wales. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Press, 2024.
Tomorrow’s Troubles: Risk, Anxiety, and Prudence in an Age of Algorithmic Governance. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2022.
Joseph E. David and Paul Scherz (eds.) The Evening of Life: Responding to the Challenges of Aging and Dying Well. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.
Science and Christian Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019
Biography
Paul Scherz is the Our Lady of Guadalupe Professor of Theology. His work examines the intersection of theology, science, medicine, and technology. His interests in ethics center on the role of virtue ethics, especially Stoic virtue ethics, in moral theology. He has published articles on many topics in bioethics, such as human enhancement, genetic technology, and end of life ethics. His books analyze issues like the moral formation of scientists, the role of risk in contemporary practical reason, the ethics of precision medicine, and the ethics of artificial intelligence.
He began his career in science with a BA in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley (2001), a PhD in genetics from Harvard (2005), and a postdoctoral fellowship at UCSF. He then received an MTS and a PhD in moral theology from the University of Notre Dame (2010, 2014). His previous teaching positions were at the Catholic University of America and the University of Virginia. He is currently working on projects on the ethics of artificial intelligence and the historical influence of Stoicism on moral theology.
Contact
348 Malloy
(574) 631-4208
pscherz@nd.edu